IDC 2010 - Schedule



FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010
2:00-4:30PM	Early Registration, Taubman Rotunda

4:30-6:00PM	Opening Keynote by Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP

6:00PM-7:30PM	International Development Night @ MIT Museum An exciting evening with great food and music, featuring the latest innovations coming out of MIT.

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
8:00 - 5:00 PM	All-Day Registration - Taubman Rotunda and Belfer Town Hall

8:30 - 9:30 AM	Breakfast and Keynote Speech by Mr. Brian Herlihy, CEO, SEACOM

9:30 - 10:50 AM	Session 1 Harnessing Technology Panel - Mobile Services and Telephony Energy and Environment Panel - Low Carbon Strategies for Development Contemporary Challenges Panel - The Human Element: Capacity Building, Civil Society, and Education Unusual Suspects Panel - The Military in Development

10:50 - 11:10AM	Coffee Break, Belfer Building, Town Hall

11:10 - 12:30 PM	Session 2 Harnessing Technology Panel - The Intersection of Technology and Agriculture Energy and Environment Panel- A Way Forward: After Copenhagen Contemporary Challenges Panel - Issues of Governance Tapping into the Global Economy Panel - New Trends in Trade Capacity Building

12:30 - 2:30PM	Lunch and Networking,

2:40 - 4PM	Session 3 Energy and Environment Panel - Land and Water: Managing our Natural Resources Contemporary Challenges Panel- From Katrina to Haiti: Effective Response to Crisis Unusual Suspects Panel- Sports in Development Tapping into the Global Economy Panel - Industrial Policy: From Theory to Application

4 - 4:20PM	Coffee Break, Belfer Building, Town Hall

4:20 - 5:40 PM	Session 4 Harnessing Technology Panel - Technology in Health Services Unusual Suspects Panel - Entertainment Tapping into the Global Economy Panel - Industrial Policy: From Theory to Application

6:00 - 8:00 PM	Dinner and Closing Keynote: Dr. Bindu Lohani, Vice-President, Asian Development Bank
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